Hi, Instead of using Solr, you may want to have a look at Hadoop or another framework for distributed computation, see e.g. http://java.dzone.com/articles/comparison-gridcloud-computing
-- Jan Høydahl, search solution architect Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com Solr Training - www.solrtraining.com On 9. apr. 2012, at 13:41, Benson Margulies wrote: > I'm working on a prototype of a scheme that uses SolrCloud to, in > effect, distribute a computation by running it inside of a request > processor. > > If there are N shards and M operations, I want each node to perform > M/N operations. That, of course, implies that I know N. > > Is that fact available anyplace inside Solr, or do I need to just configure > it?